Hosea 6
1 In their affliction they will rise early to me: Come, and let us return to the Lord:
Kommer og lader os vende om til Herren; thi han har sønderrevet og vil læge os; har han slaget, vil han forbinde os.
2 For he hath taken us, and he will heal us: he will strike, and he will cure us.
Han skal gøre os levende efter to Dage; paa den tredje Dag skal han oprejse os, at vi maa leve for hans Ansigt.
3 He will revive us after two days: on the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. We shall know, and we shall follow on, that we may know the Lord. His going forth is prepared as the morning light, and he will come to us as the early and the latter rain to the earth.
Og vi ville kende, jage efter at kende Herren, som Morgenrøden er hans Opgang vis; og han skal komme til os som Regnen, som Sildigregnen, der væder Jorden.
4 What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do to thee, O Juda? your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth away in the morning.
Hvad skal jeg gøre ved dig, Efraim? hvad skal jeg gøre ved dig, Juda? da eders Kærlighed er som en Sky om Morgenen og som Duggen, der aarle gaar bort.
5 For this reason have I hewed them by the prophets, I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments shall go forth as the light.
Derfor huggede jeg bort ved Profeterne, ihjelslog dem ved min Munds Taler; og Dommene over dig komme for Lyset.
6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice: and the knowledge of God more than holocausts.
Thi jeg har Lyst til Miskundhed og ikke til Offer og til Gudskundskab mer end Brændofre.
7 But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant, there have they dealt treacherously against me.
Men de have overtraadt Pagten ligesom Adam; der ere de blevne troløse imod mig.
8 Galaad is a city of workers of idols, supplanted with blood.
Gilead er en Misdæderstad, fuld af Blodspor.
9 And like the jaws of highway robbers, they conspire with the priests who murder in the way those that pass out Sichem: for they have wrought wickedness.
Som en Stimand lurer, saaledes og en Flok Præster; de myrde paa Vejen til Sikem, thi skændige Ting have de begaaet.
10 I have seen a horrible thing in the house of Israel: the fornications of Ephraim there: Israel is defiled.
I Israels Hus har jeg set gruelige Ting; der har Efraim bedrevet Hor, Israel er besmittet.
11 And thou also, O Juda, set thee a harvest, when I shall bring back captivity of my people.
Ogsaa Juda — over dig er bestemt en Høst, naar jeg omvender mit Folks Fangenskab.
